Read the latest news and announcements from the Women's Health Research Cluster below, and make sure to follow us on Twitter @ResearchonWH and subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter
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June 21, 2022Winners! Conference Awards
We are excited to announce the winners of our Conference Award! The Conference Award offered prizes for students who are attending a sex/gender differences or women's health conference or presenting sex/gender differences or women's health research at any conference. The Conference Award is…
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May 2, 2022Publication Alert!
“An analysis of neuroscience and psychiatry papers published from 2009 and 2019 outlines opportunities for increasing discovery of sex differences,” has been published in Nature Communications! This exciting manuscript was developed by members of the WHRC and Women’s Health Research Institute. The…
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April 5, 2022Call for Applications: Conference Award
Calling all trainees! We are now accepting applications for our Conference Award! The Conference Award offers $250 prizes for students who are attending a sex/gender differences or women's health conference or presenting sex/gender differences or women's health research at any conference…
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March 19, 2022WHRC Members Make List of Top Performing Researchers
A huge congratulations to the Women's Health Research Cluster members being recognized as some of the Top Performing Researchers! Elsevier has published a list representing the top-scientists in an August 2021 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation…
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March 9, 2022We're hiring part-time UBC students
UBC students who are looking for part time employment from May-Aug should check out one of the roles we're hiring for through Careers Online. Check out a summary of the roles and what we're looking for in candidates below. Tip: Search for the positions using the job name …
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February 1, 2022Strategic Plan 2022-2025
Photo by Brett Jordan on UnsplashIn 2019 our co-leads dreamed of a future where women, girls and gender-diverse people could live equitably healthy lives across their entire lifespan. This dream led to the creation of an organization that would bring together a multidisciplinary…
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January 17, 2022What is the Cost of Care
Unpaid caregivers face a variety of challenges in fulfilling their caregiving duties in addition to professional obligations. “What is the Cost of Care,” is presented in partnership with the Faculty of Arts, Education, and Medicine, the UBC Sauder School of Business, and The Women…
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January 12, 2022Winners! The 3rd Annual Tri-Cluster Research Day Awards
The Data Science & Health, Women’s Health and Biomedical Imaging & Artificial Intelligence clusters hosted the 3rd annual Tri-Cluster Research Day on November 26, 2021, where students and trainees virtually presented their multi-disciplinary research and addressed pressing…
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November 12, 2021THE GUT-BRAIN CONNECTION: WHY BIOLOGICAL SEX MAY MATTER
Author: Avril Metcalfe-Roach, PhD student, University of British Columbia || If you had to build your own house from scratch, what supplies would you bring to the job? High-quality building materials would certainly make the house much more durable, and having a diverse array of tools on…
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September 24, 2021Behind the Science: Postpartum care in China and Canada
For the next post in our Behind the Science series, we speak to Kejia Wang on her masters work at the University of British Columbia and career journey. In our discussion, Wang takes us through her work in women’s health research, and defines what postpartum confinement care is in China and…